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Luciana Costa Furtado

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Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas (ICB)  (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal)
Birthplace: Brazil

I am a PhD candidate in Pharmacology at the University of São Paulo (USP) and the University of Groningen (RUG), under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Letícia Veras Costa Lotufo (Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, USP) and Prof. Dr. Frank Adrianus Eli Kruyt (Department of Medical Oncology, University Medical Center Groningen, RUG). My doctoral research focuses on investigating drug combinations as a pharmacological strategy for the treatment of glioblastoma. I hold a Bachelor's degree in Biological Sciences from the Federal University of Ceará (UFC), where I was a scholarship holder of the Tutorial Education Programme (PET-Biology) and engaged in scientific initiation projects. My early research included the study of genetic modified Vigna unguiculata (cowpea) and the bioprospecting of marine bacteria to evaluate the anticancer potential of their secondary metabolites, supported by scholarships from CNPq and FUNCAP. I also earned a Master's degree in Pharmacology from USP, where I investigated the cytotoxic effects of epoxyketones derived from marine Streptomyces sp. extracts on human glioma cell lines. In parallel with my PhD research, I am involved in projects exploring the microbiological and chemical diversity of ascidians collected along the coasts of Ceará and São Paulo, contributing to my expertise in microbiology. Beyond my research, I have been actively involved in academic life as a student representative in the Graduate Program and the Department of Pharmacology at ICB-USP. I also contributed to the organization and teaching of the Summer/Winter Course in Pharmacology for undergraduate students at USP. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)

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